Hungaroring: Racing Engineering race two report

Red rain
A torrential downpour in race two at the Hungaroring was the
difference between success and failure today for Racing Engineering, with
Adam Carroll losing an almost certain win because of standing water on
the track and Javier Villa...

Red rain

A torrential downpour in race two at the Hungaroring was the
difference between success and failure today for Racing Engineering, with
Adam Carroll losing an almost certain win because of standing water on
the track and Javier Villa also losing his car in the treacherous
conditions on the last lap of the race.

The heavy rain meant that the
race was started behind the safety car, and the field circulated for a
few laps before being let loose. Adam was immediately on the pace,
pressuring polesitter Jose Maria Lopez into a spin into turn two before
steaming off to set a number of fastest laps as he built up his lead.
Unfortunately the rain meant that the rain mixed with the oil in the
track, and after running slightly wide his car was pitched into a spin
and the wall, knocking off his front wing and forcing the Ulsterman into
the pits and retirement.

Javi was able to continue on, taking advantage
of the other spinning cars in front of him as he pushed his way through
the field. Unfortunately on the last lap he was caught out on the white
line as well, spinning into the wall to also losing his front wing and
put the seal on a weekend to forget for Racing Engineering.

Team
principal Alfonso de Orleans Borbon, sheltering from the rain, noted: "It
was a very wet race, and it was a real pity: I think Adam leading the
race was the highlight of the weekend and he did an absolutely fabulous
job, but that one spin sadly washed away all our hopes of getting the
first win of the season. I think he did a good job in the conditions,
because so many people went off, so all things considered he did a good
job. Javi was holding in there until the last lap, so it's a bit of a
pity that he went off as that meant both cars didn't finish. But on the
bright side both drivers said the car felt fabulous, so at least we know
we have a good set up if it rains again!"

After the race Adam Carroll
sadly stated: Obviously I'm very disappointed because the race was going
well until I went off and hit the barrier. I was pushing as hard as I
could but unfortunately I just went a little wide and hit the white line,
it spun me around, and that was it really. We did everything we could do
for the wet with the set up and so on, but the conditions were just so
tricky; I was trying to be smooth and make no mistakes, but that's just
the way it went. I was pretty annoyed and just massively disappointed for
everybody."

Back in the paddock Javier Villa said: It was a very
difficult race with all the water, and it's only my second time in this
car in the rain, but I could push okay even if the times were slow
because of the rain. Unfortunately on my last lap I spun and broke the
nose, but I could still bring the car back. This weekend in general was
not so good, and I'm not so happy because of the spin in practice and
then the problems in the race, so I will just have to look forward to
Turkey."